javascript date get time code example

Example 1: javascript get time

// these are the most useful ones IMO
var time = new Date();
time.getDate(); // returns value 1-31 for day of the month
time.getDay(); //returns value 0-6 for day of the week
time.getFullYear(); //returns a 4 digit value for the current year
time.getHours(); //returns value 0-23 for the current hour
time.getMinutes(); //returns value 0-59 for the current minute of the hour
time.getSeconds(); //returns value 0-59 for current second of the minute
time.getMilliseconds(); //returns value 0-999 for current ms of the second
time.getTime(); //returns date as ms since Jan 1, 1970
time.toDateString(); //returns a string (e.g. "Fri May 9 2020")
time.toLocaleString(); //returns date and time (e.g. "9/12/2015, 6:08:25 PM")
time.toLocaleTimeString(); //returns time (e.g. "6:08:25 PM")
time.toLocaleDateString(); //returns date (e.g. "9/12/2015")

Example 2: get time from date javascript

const handleTime = (dataD) => {
    let data= new Date(dataD)
    let hrs = data.getHours()
    let mins = data.getMinutes()
    if(hrs<=9)
       hrs = '0' + hrs
    if(mins<10)
      mins = '0' + mins
    const postTime= hrs + ':' + mins
    return postTime
  }

Example 3: javascript get Time

var d=new Date();
d.getTime();//I'm in milliseconds, divide by 1000 for seconds

Example 4: get time in javascript

//HTML
<a onclick="timeNow(test1)" href="#">SET TIME</a>
//Javascript
function timeNow(i) {
  i.value = new Date()
}